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when she came into the senate senator. for 15 over 24 years in the senate she was tabout what a process, what an experience thatems to have been fearless from everything i can find out about her. everett dirksen with such a character, would have loved to have metro of mine, someone who has been largely their history. one of the purposes behind behind the stories i created for caucuses through the years was to bring to life, the figures that had been forgotten and henry them. a major figure of the civil war era the leading civil-rights crusaders point.levate him and get him more attention for people like that. there's lots of them i wis years. host: back to "scenes, peoplear evil smelling cigar protruding from the corner of his mouth. he had a ver who are we talking about? betty: samuel clemens, better known to us as mark twain. host: and former senators employee! betty: he was a former senate employee briefly in the 1960's. . he actually went into the office that day looking for a job. he was not yet a famoushe was a promi
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much senate. in became rather an elder by the 1970's and 1980's -- elder statesman. he was held in high esteem. but he had quirky part of personas radio, independent amateur o radio . everywhere hehe him, he actually builtte office building so that he could go down to that studio and play on his hand radio into the wee hours of the morning.ner told me hearings for the armed services committee -- they search together on that committee and goldwater would come in yawning and eyed and they knew he would have been all night hand radio. more than anything is what he is remembered for in the senate. host: so, betty koed, exactly is the role of the historian besides these weekly lunches the historian serves as the institutional memory for the . in the senate historical office, we have two principal parts of our mission in our office. one is to preserve the of the senate. it means to preserve all the artifacts,ll all the records, and to to study and understand the history. to promote the senate. all such
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here is the chair and ranking member of the senate commerce science and transportation committee, senators maria cantwell and ted cruz speaking on the floor after final passage. >> the house of representatives should quickly take it up and t pass it and send to the president's desk for signature. this legislation is a strong bipartisan that includes hundreds of priorities for senators and representatives both republican and democrat. this bill gives the faa the safety tools it needs at a critical time to help bring new aerospace technologies to market. i want to thank the staff that spent countless hours hemmerring out this legislation. this was no easy task. as i stated earlier, this bipartisan product was result of many, many months of hard work, late nights, there were many times that it appeared that the bill was not going to make it over the finish line and the hard work of the staff is a big part of the reason we are where we are tonight. i want to thank my staff for their tireless efforts to get this billis passed into law. many thanks to samone paris who has not slept in about six
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senate. he he used the issue and he encouraged these candidates to use the issue. and he was quite effective on the people he campaigned for. got elected to the senate and the republican took control of the senate in the 1952 election. and so in 1953, they had a majority in the senate and could could appoint people to committees and chair committees and control the agenda in congress and he became chair of the permanent subcommittee on the day. senator mccarthy, who had been a member of the government affairs committee, became chair of the committee and a the key investigative subcommittee within that government affairs committee. and that is the permanent subcommittee on investigations. so mccarthy chaired both of these panels and in particular, that permanent subcommittee on investigate issues, which is known as piece i became his vehicle for conducting the investigations that he did in the many, many hearings that he held. he built a staff. he hired some some some pretty prominent attorney
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senator brown: senator rounds. senator rounds: i have pee an understanding to stay as neutral as possible with regard to the politics involved in an election year. basal end game proposal. and found that 97% were either opposing it or expressing substantial concerns. in the hearing last month on the monetary policy report you stated that it is a consensus organization and you said, i will do everything i can -- i will do everything i can possibly to bring people together in consensus and have a capital framework that can be proudly supported. my question to that is do you believe there is a consensus on this capital framework? mr. powell: i'm fairly confident we will have such a consensus when we do move forward. senator rounds: you will probably not call a vote on the proposal until you believe there is a consensus? mr. powell: we are in the process of digesting the comments and making the appropriate changes. senator rounds: i have weighed in on the concerns i have with basal3. and negative effects on mortgage le
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a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. a senator: mr. president, i stand here today yet again as the border crisis continues to devastate my state. ms. sinema: on february 7 i stood here angry that rank partisanship tanked the single, most important piece of border security and immigration legislation produced in decades. as we all remember, last october i joined with senators james lankford of oklahoma and chris murphy of connecticut to craft this legislation. we worked every single day for over four months navigating difficult policy decisions, working carefully to get it right. after months of tireless negotiations, we delivered a strong product. we produced a bill many thought impossible. we ended catch and release. we added more detention beds. we increased deportation flights. we quickly decided asylum claims. and we put border patrol back in the field where they belong securing the border, not stuck inside processing paperwork. yet less than 24 hours after we released the bill, my republican colleagues blocked it. despite the fact
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if the vice pa republican, then a 50-50 senate is a republican senate. ri now, if we look at the map as is and remove west virginia from the democratic column to the republican column, that is a 50-50 senate. trump is up in the polls. if the election was today he would have a good shot at winning. democrats are on their heels in the senate. be dficult for them to maintain the majority. it is going toe or them to maintain a majority if trump wins the presidency this fall. host: inside ele chaioed a rating for the arizona senate race. guest: it is not all bad news for democrats in the senate. i know that i sound a little bit negative. its predominately bad news, but there are a few bright spots. one is arizona. this was a very complex race when independent senator kyrsten sinema was talking about running for reelection as an independent. s ra that we see a three-person senate race this day and age. enhe g out and became more clear how the race was going to look. the democratic likely nominee, the republic nominee or likely republican nominee, are held -- a
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>> senator, one thing. let me state i was honored to work with you and the other senators on the bipartisan legislation that would have been transformative, not only in provision of resources but in the change of authority in which we will be equipped with the most significant change since 1996. long-overdue. we announced with the first distribution last week a competitive process for the second tranche of funds under the shelter and services program. we are going to receive applications for it for existing recipients, as well as those who are first-time applicants and we are very focused on getting the dollars out the door as quickly as possible and as fairly as possible. >> thank you. during the last meeting, we spoke about the margin of error. first of all thank you for following through on that commitment. fema announced a 5% margin of number which is critical for ngos who are providing services. i was also pleased to see that the most recent fiscal year reward offers a cap on hotel booking. in order to
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the order i have at this stage is senator merkley, senator braun, senator padilla, senator kaine, senator wyden. that's the see kw-pbs, if people aren't here you can be bumped up. senator merkley: thank you. dr. zahedi-spung, in somes states i want to understand if an ultrasound reveals that the fetus does not have a heartbeat, some states, would it be basically the law now require that -- a woman to carry that child until there is miscarriage? a child who cost not -- does not have a heartbeat? dr. zahedi-spung i don't know of any straits that require people to carry pregnancies that are true miscarriages what can i say with procedure bans around d and c answer and d and e's it can require paeurb kwr-pbts who experience add miscarriage where the fetus' heart stops beating to deliver that fetus and undergo an induction instefd a medical procedure that could end their suffering quickly. senator merkley: that was the situation we were in with our first child. we lost our first child at four months. i think it would have been extremely difficult for mary to be required by the state to carry t
the order i have at this stage is senator merkley, senator braun, senator padilla, senator kaine, senator wyden. that's the see kw-pbs, if people aren't here you can be bumped up. senator merkley: thank you. dr. zahedi-spung, in somes states i want to understand if an ultrasound reveals that the fetus does not have a heartbeat, some states, would it be basically the law now require that -- a woman to carry that child until there is miscarriage? a child who cost not -- does not have a heartbeat?...
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a senator: mr. president, three senators started about eight mont now working to try to get some solutions on border f reasons because we have record high n over and over and over again at our southern border. we had a record hhf1umbe october, record high number in november and december. decemb hof illegal crossings eve history of the country in ay, w 5200 people that illegally day year we've had more than 5,000 people illegally crossing day after day after day. this isy issue that the american people want solved. it's a frustrating issuehaeen a resolution on. it is an issue that people have been frustrated with president biden because president biden has not enforced the the same way president trump did or the same way president obama . have illegally cross the border. with the same law in place under president obama, we had half a million peoplha crossed that year. and as i've raised over and over again with this rati, if they would just enforce the border the same way president obama did, this di
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giving it a pharmacy to democracy. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer senators ron wyden and cory booker reintroduce legislation meant the end restriction on cannabis offer states to create and enforce their own cannabis laws. this comes on the heels of the u.s. drug enforcement administration announcement of its intent to reclassify marijuana from a schedule one drug to a less dangerous schedule three drug. >> senators booker and wyden and i want to thank them for their lead on this issue with me and perks for months years both of them have a long good history to get this done. so today we're proud to say the three of us are proud to say we're introducing the cannabis administration and opportunity act. a comprehensive and necessary update to the federal government's approach to cannabis. over the decades, millions of americans most often americans of color have had their lives derailed and destroyed by our country's failed war on drugs. the consequences of this harmful campaign lingering on to this very day. i was pleased by yesterday's news that the dea under biden administrati
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senate historian. kate scott has also written about that era in her bo, reining in the state, civil society and congress in, the vietnam and watergate era. we appreciate your participe reading in our congress investigates series. oh, it's my pleasure. thank
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senate. historians website. so there are a lot of records, and so they are not available on our website they are available at the center for legislative archives and they are open for research. if decide that you want to go look at them. i plan on spending a lot of time there or taking a lot of pictures of documents to be able to digest later, because there is a wealth of correspondence, a wealth of memos detailing the operations of local law enforcement and criminal connections in various cities. there's an awful lot of stuff in there. and just on how an investigation to the extent to which they try to make sure their information was organized properly, that communication was always being shared properly. and you can really learn a lot about. what a mid-century investigate mission is like. but those are those are maybe too many to put up on the senate website at the moment. dan holt is the associate u.s. senate historian. thanks for taking part in so th. 3520 african-american history since 1865. we're at north
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senator ha-- senator hoeven. mr. hoeven: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. hoeven: madam president, i am pleased to join which are colleague from west virginia, and others who you'll be hearing from, next our colleague from nebraska, in regard to our absolutely ironclad support for israel. and why it is so important that we stand and we stand strongly with our friend and ally israel. on october 7, hamas committed appalling atrocities against jews in southern israel. i went to israel one month later to show support for our close ally during their dark hour and i'm still proud to stand with israel. but i'm very concerned about the biden administration holding up weapons that need to be delivered to israel. that's why i cosponsored two important pieces of legislation asking the president to expedite aid to israel, first senator cotton's israeli security act, and then the assistance support act that senator cruz is -- put forward as well. that's the assuring resupply of munitions for arm act. congress mov
senator ha-- senator hoeven. mr. hoeven: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. hoeven: madam president, i am pleased to join which are colleague from west virginia, and others who you'll be hearing from, next our colleague from nebraska, in regard to our absolutely ironclad support for israel. and why it is so important that we stand and we stand strongly with our friend and ally israel. on october 7, hamas committed appalling atrocities against jews in...
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their appointed negotiator, senatored lankford -- senator lankford, the leader of their caucus, senator mcconnell, in the room negotiating a bipartisan border security bill. in that room we achieved the result, we got an agreement that the senate republican caucus told us to get an agreement with. and within 24 hours almost every republican senator sided against that bill. i submit that they may have had reasons for it, but it was very can clear up until the point that donald trump said, don't do anything, i want the border to be a mess, there were many republicans invested in that. colluded in that -- compromise are important reforms in the way that we try to make sure that anyone with a violent history never enters the united states. under current law, if you have a criminal history outside of the united states or previous criminal history inside the united states, that doesn't become relevant to the asylum claim until you present before an asylum judge. under the bipartisan bill that question of whether you have a violent history and whether you should enter the united states happens
their appointed negotiator, senatored lankford -- senator lankford, the leader of their caucus, senator mcconnell, in the room negotiating a bipartisan border security bill. in that room we achieved the result, we got an agreement that the senate republican caucus told us to get an agreement with. and within 24 hours almost every republican senator sided against that bill. i submit that they may have had reasons for it, but it was very can clear up until the point that donald trump said, don't...
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on the senate floor on this matter. i think we all agree that noncitizens who are convicted of serious violent crimes who've committed serious violent crimes should be detained, and they should be subject to removal proceedings. the good news is that is the current law. that is the current law. this bill is a reiteration of current law. let me tell you what the current law requires. it requires the detention of any individual with serious criminal convictions including those who've committed crimes of violence or theft offenses including murder, rape and assault. that is the current law. furthermore, this administration has given specific direction to the department of justice to prioritize the attention and removal of individuals who've committed violent offenses. and so, as with earlier unanimous consentes requests, ts unanimous consent request is essentially a reiteration of current law. i have a great deal of respect for my colleagues. we've worked together on a number of important matters, but i find myself asking
on the senate floor on this matter. i think we all agree that noncitizens who are convicted of serious violent crimes who've committed serious violent crimes should be detained, and they should be subject to removal proceedings. the good news is that is the current law. that is the current law. this bill is a reiteration of current law. let me tell you what the current law requires. it requires the detention of any individual with serious criminal convictions including those who've committed...
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senate historian kate scott the senate select committee to study governmental operations with respect to intel agents activities, a.k.a. the church committee. why frank church? why. 1975 1975? because in december of 14, the new york times published a front page above the fold blockbuster article authored by pulitzer prize winning journalist seymour hersh. and that article alleged that the cia had operated a domestic intel agents collection program nationwide, wide, in clear violation of its 1947 charter. frank church was chosen to lead this investigate mission because he wanted the job. he lobbied senator mike mansfield, who was the democratic majority leader in 1975. he lobbied mike mansfield for the position. he saw it as a continuation of some of the earlier work that he had been doing on some special investigatory committees. and importantly, he had been an 18 year at that point member of the senate foreign relations committee. he had been one of the first public voices of dissent in the united states senate about us vietnam war policy. and he was someone who really wanted to take
senate historian kate scott the senate select committee to study governmental operations with respect to intel agents activities, a.k.a. the church committee. why frank church? why. 1975 1975? because in december of 14, the new york times published a front page above the fold blockbuster article authored by pulitzer prize winning journalist seymour hersh. and that article alleged that the cia had operated a domestic intel agents collection program nationwide, wide, in clear violation of its...
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the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, we've been very bad about meeting our deadlines. we keep kicking the can down the road if a number of cases. that was the situation last month when one of our nation's most vital intelligence tools was in danger of expiring on the 19th of april. it was the case last spring when the united states hit the debt limit and nearly defaulted on its debts while congress debated solutions. and it was the case in fiscal year 2024 appropriations when congress had to pass multiple 11th hour funding bills to avert a government shutdown. it seems like we've lurched from one deadline to another up against the wall where we have kicked -- we have postponed making important decisions on a timely basis, so there is no more time, no more flexibility, and we've lurched, as i said, from potential shutdown to potential shutdown. but the big item on the senate's agenda this week is is the reauthorization of the federal aviation administration. and, to my point, its set to expire --
the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: madam president, we've been very bad about meeting our deadlines. we keep kicking the can down the road if a number of cases. that was the situation last month when one of our nation's most vital intelligence tools was in danger of expiring on the 19th of april. it was the case last spring when the united states hit the debt limit and nearly defaulted on its debts while congress debated solutions. and it was the case in fiscal year 2024 appropriations when...
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house and senate. each week authors in a storage will tell these stories and see historic footage and examine the impact and legacy of key congressional hearings. this week the making 87 hearings on the iran-contra affair, the clandestine sale of missiles to iran in exchange for the release of hostages in lebanon, proceeds going to contra rebels in nicaragua. watch august investigates saturdays at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span2.
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i came in the senate in 2013 with senator murphy on the first of june june my first of the senate has passed a significant bipartisan immigration reform bill. that immigration reform bill was comprehensive. including a 40 plus a billion dollar investment in border security. we passed it in a bipartisan way with nearly 70 boats might meet naÏvetÉ it was this yes there was a republican house when the bill went over there having been a governor wash of state legislators work i assume the republican house would not just embrace our bill but they would do their own version of an immigration bill and then we would sit down in a conference and hashed out some middle ground. i was wrong for the republican majority has decided to bottle the bill up in committee, it never took it up and never did their own bill that was in 2013 the education of eight naÏve senator. years later in 2019 during the trump administration we had a republican majority in this body we dealt directly president trump he wanted $25 billion in border security over 10 years. and we basically came up with an offerfo that
i came in the senate in 2013 with senator murphy on the first of june june my first of the senate has passed a significant bipartisan immigration reform bill. that immigration reform bill was comprehensive. including a 40 plus a billion dollar investment in border security. we passed it in a bipartisan way with nearly 70 boats might meet naÏvetÉ it was this yes there was a republican house when the bill went over there having been a governor wash of state legislators work i assume the...
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senator lankford, senator sinema, myself, senator schumer, senator mcconnell, we sat in a room four and a half months and formed a compromise that unques unquestionably, unquestionably will bring order to the southwest border. and because of that, donald trump is telling republicans ditch it, vote no, we don't want there to be order at the southwest border because that would be bad politics for us. what's the point of having this job if you aren't willing to make tough compromises that make this country better? so i understand there may be long odds to convincing republicans to change their vote. i understand that because this bill is a compromise there are some democrats who vote against it. i think this is so important. i take republicans at their word, that it's an emergency to make sense of what's happening at the border, that it's worth it to bring this bill back before the floor. i hope our leadership will decide to schedule a vote on this bill. i will introduce the bill imminently, i think with many of my colleagues supporting it, and i'm deeply grateful to many of my friends in
senator lankford, senator sinema, myself, senator schumer, senator mcconnell, we sat in a room four and a half months and formed a compromise that unques unquestionably, unquestionably will bring order to the southwest border. and because of that, donald trump is telling republicans ditch it, vote no, we don't want there to be order at the southwest border because that would be bad politics for us. what's the point of having this job if you aren't willing to make tough compromises that make...
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when i'm with senator booker i got the right crowd. cory. >> thank you so much. >> this has been a long journey for me that's why this step in the journey gets me very excited and feeling tremendous sense of gratitude especially when you have arguably two of the most powerful people in the united states senator leader schumer of the finance committee, they're extraordinary leaders and have brought power and momentum to this, in a way that gives me great confidence and the fact that, with their leadership, we have seen more and more senators signing on that has been slow. but the progress and the cosponsors we have -- are a testimony to the progress we're making. i want to be very personal, this is a long journey for me because as a young 20 something knocking on thousands upon thousands of doors in one of america most tracks i was very jarred because i just come from law school, and had seen from my high school years in a -- middle class affluent community to my college years to my -- graduate school years to my law school years, marij
when i'm with senator booker i got the right crowd. cory. >> thank you so much. >> this has been a long journey for me that's why this step in the journey gets me very excited and feeling tremendous sense of gratitude especially when you have arguably two of the most powerful people in the united states senator leader schumer of the finance committee, they're extraordinary leaders and have brought power and momentum to this, in a way that gives me great confidence and the fact that,...
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it is written by senator lankford, republican of oklahoma, senator murphy and senator sinema. this legislation would actually help secure the border and provide essential national security funding. it would reform broken laws that are not working to process asylum seekers at our borders and it would provide desperately needed resources to our agencies to allow them to implement these new provisions. while these new processes are being implemented, the bipartisan border bill would provide for a temporary suspension of asylum in between ports of entry, if the number of asylum seekers arriving at the border exceeds the capacity of dhs to process. i have some concerns about the bill, but it reflects a genuine bipartisan effort to create solutions to outdated laws and underfunded that will plagued the immigration system for years. i was really disappointed, as i'm sure senator lankford was, to see most of my republican colleagues vote against that bipartisan bill. though the bill was written by senate republicans designated negotiator, senator lankford, and endorsed by the national
it is written by senator lankford, republican of oklahoma, senator murphy and senator sinema. this legislation would actually help secure the border and provide essential national security funding. it would reform broken laws that are not working to process asylum seekers at our borders and it would provide desperately needed resources to our agencies to allow them to implement these new provisions. while these new processes are being implemented, the bipartisan border bill would provide for a...
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united states senate. that's mitch mcconnell on the other side of the aisle who said she is most effective. we worked together on a number of bipartisan bills. she was the power behind them. she was the lead, the republican thatha paired with her but she s the one that drove it. it was extraordinary. that's number 1. we are going to miss her a lot in that regard. number 2, she -- by virtue intelligence, personality, energy and willingnessnd to dig in, she's been able to get people to work together even on things that are not related to those big pieces of legislation and before i left last week, i was sitting next to my colleagues in the back room of the senate and it was senator bill cassidy on one side and tom tillis on the other and we were talking about how is this place going to work without kyrsten sinema and you might say -- no, no, when there are impasses and there are often impasses she goes back and forth and i have to tell you, there's some people in myy own party that i find distasteful. [laugh
united states senate. that's mitch mcconnell on the other side of the aisle who said she is most effective. we worked together on a number of bipartisan bills. she was the power behind them. she was the lead, the republican thatha paired with her but she s the one that drove it. it was extraordinary. that's number 1. we are going to miss her a lot in that regard. number 2, she -- by virtue intelligence, personality, energy and willingnessnd to dig in, she's been able to get people to work...
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>> thank you, senator. senator rounds, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general guillot, general richardson, first of all thank you to you and your teams for your service to our country. i would like to follow up just look at with what senator kelly begin talking about with regard to haiti. so general richardson, it seems to me that it rather surprises me that the main of the been in advance notice requesting additional or follow-up with regard to the possibility of a neo-operation in haiti. wouldn't that seem to be kind of an advisory that would be appropriate if you receive something, at least from the administration, indicating it is a possibility and wouldn't that maybe give you the opportunity to notify those individuals responsible for providing you with the resources necessary to do your duty to be ready to go? i mean, it doesn't seem me can be on high alert all the time. could you expand on it that a little bit, please? >> senator, i didn't mean to give the perception that we are not ready for th
>> thank you, senator. senator rounds, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general guillot, general richardson, first of all thank you to you and your teams for your service to our country. i would like to follow up just look at with what senator kelly begin talking about with regard to haiti. so general richardson, it seems to me that it rather surprises me that the main of the been in advance notice requesting additional or follow-up with regard to the possibility of a...
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by senator murphy and senator sinema. i appreciate the work that all three of them did. they rolled up their leaves, they got to work, for months they passed paper back and forth, they ironed out big and small details of the bill that we voted on that's before us, and the final agreement is the strictest -- i think that's worth repeating. it is the strictest border security legislation that we have seen certainly since my time in the senate. it is to supply the border that is necessary to increase security, stop the flow of illicit drugs and better protect all americans many now, our republican colleagues were for this bill until donald trump put his thumb on the scale and said, don't fix the border. i want to campaign on it as a crisis. and as we heard, he acknowledged, we should blame him for the fact that the border deal failed. but, unfortunately, our colleagues walked away from the strictest border security deal that we've had in decades all because donald trump told them to make it a campaign issue rather than do wh
by senator murphy and senator sinema. i appreciate the work that all three of them did. they rolled up their leaves, they got to work, for months they passed paper back and forth, they ironed out big and small details of the bill that we voted on that's before us, and the final agreement is the strictest -- i think that's worth repeating. it is the strictest border security legislation that we have seen certainly since my time in the senate. it is to supply the border that is necessary to...
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senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no, we are not. mr. lankford: thank you. this week the senate began consideration of the faa reauthorization bill. it is an incredibly important piece of legislation that this body takes up every few years to evaluate the safety of our national airspace. there's a lot of aspects in it. what some people not know that this is not only important to our national airspace and safety, but it is important to oklahoma. oklahomans are passionate about our airspace. we love to fly and have a long heritage of flying in our state. but it is it also the unique relationship that faa has with the state of oklahoma. there are only two faa centers outside of washington, d.c., one is in oklahoma. if you have been on a flight lately and it took off and landed safely, you can thank the folks in oklahoma city. that center that has functioned for 70 years provided a lot of the vital services for the faa for all seven decades. they were established in 1958, home to thousands of great
senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: is the senate in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no, we are not. mr. lankford: thank you. this week the senate began consideration of the faa reauthorization bill. it is an incredibly important piece of legislation that this body takes up every few years to evaluate the safety of our national airspace. there's a lot of aspects in it. what some people not know that this is not only important to our national airspace and safety, but it is important to...
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and what senator warren and i and senator van hollen and four senato
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schumer says he wants to bring a contraception bill to the senate to get it on record in the senate to guarantee the right to contraception in this country. so republicans will continue to face votes and public stances on this. >> we have. we brought forth such a bill last congress, sponsored by fantastic members of congress. i remember kathy manning from north carolina. sara jacobs from california. we voted on it. my house colleagues in the last congress were also on the record and unfortunately far too many of them did not stand up for basic access to birth control and contraception. >> virginia congressperson abigail spanberger, think you for joining us tonight. >> thank you very much for having me. >>> coming up, right wing republican justice samuel alito continues to remind voters what's at stake in the presidential election. donald trump will appoint moore and joe biden won't. senator sheldon whitehouse will join us to discuss samuel alito's latest scandal, which he has not yet officially blamed on his wife. that is next. xt. you know, i spend a lot of time thinking about dirt
schumer says he wants to bring a contraception bill to the senate to get it on record in the senate to guarantee the right to contraception in this country. so republicans will continue to face votes and public stances on this. >> we have. we brought forth such a bill last congress, sponsored by fantastic members of congress. i remember kathy manning from north carolina. sara jacobs from california. we voted on it. my house colleagues in the last congress were also on the record and...
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quick senator, mr. majority leader, senator kearns, how do you vote? senator bullock? >> yes, mr. president, i rise to explain my vote. >> please proceed. >> it is an unusual for arizona to generate headlines in mid november, 2022, phoenix, arizona made national headlines. in one article the headline read body of pre-born child down set ablaze in phoenix oma scam. later we learned the body was of a deceased pre-born child estimated to be between 20 and 24 weeks. as many people know, a child of this age born prematurely would have had a chance of survival. yet, in january of 2023 their current governor threat in the legislation that she would support homeless pregnant women like the homeless pregnant women services. since 2018 the state's budget included dollars for the services that supports nonprofits. if you aren't familiar with maggie's place, they support pregnant homeless women throughout their pregnancy and their children's first year of life. maggie's place has for maternity homes throughout the valley and is a help or resources in the central phoenix area. some of these ho
quick senator, mr. majority leader, senator kearns, how do you vote? senator bullock? >> yes, mr. president, i rise to explain my vote. >> please proceed. >> it is an unusual for arizona to generate headlines in mid november, 2022, phoenix, arizona made national headlines. in one article the headline read body of pre-born child down set ablaze in phoenix oma scam. later we learned the body was of a deceased pre-born child estimated to be between 20 and 24 weeks. as many people...
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. >> thank you senator. >> senator king. >> thank you, madame chair. madam secretary, you may be surprised i will start with the complement. this week the department published draft areas on the east coast, two off the shore of maine in six off the coast of massachusetts. i want to compliment you for listening to the people of maine and our congressional delegation and taking those lease areas out of what is called lobster management area one. that was important to us as we pursue the offshore goals that they be done compatibly and responsibly with regard to our important fishery. the fact that the department remove potential lease sites from lobster management one is a big deal. i want to express appreciation to the department for that. that is a good news. i was one of the folks that worked very hard on the great american outdoors act. a key part of the act was a fund to deal with deferred maintenance and national parks, which is a very serious problem. here is the problem. your budget under funds maintenance, so we're digging a hole again. i don't k
. >> thank you senator. >> senator king. >> thank you, madame chair. madam secretary, you may be surprised i will start with the complement. this week the department published draft areas on the east coast, two off the shore of maine in six off the coast of massachusetts. i want to compliment you for listening to the people of maine and our congressional delegation and taking those lease areas out of what is called lobster management area one. that was important to us as we...
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senator grant. it would've provided $20 million in extra emergency funding to buy 50,000 detention beds to hire 400,000 new asylum officers, 100 new immigration judges, 1500 border patrol agents, 1000 new deportation officers, and the list goes on and on. in addition, our bill would make a down payment on our fixing our border authorities. it would give the power to the president to close the border during periods of high crossings. it would've elevated the screening standards to make sure that only truly meritorious claimants enter the country. it would have reduced the time to process an asylum application from 10 years in some cases to just weeks or at worst, months. it would've eliminated the use of parole at the border and narrowed or refined the uses of humanitarian parole. that is just the tip of the iceberg. if passed, this would've been the most significant, most serious reform of immigration law in 40 years. it would've been effective at slowing the pace of arrivals of the southern border
senator grant. it would've provided $20 million in extra emergency funding to buy 50,000 detention beds to hire 400,000 new asylum officers, 100 new immigration judges, 1500 border patrol agents, 1000 new deportation officers, and the list goes on and on. in addition, our bill would make a down payment on our fixing our border authorities. it would give the power to the president to close the border during periods of high crossings. it would've elevated the screening standards to make sure that...
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thank you, senator. i want to assure you that it's very clear once the deal was launched that what our role will be. we will be leaving in three key areas. first of all, is to as a said earlier lead with diplomatic engagement. we are global security issues, related issues. second, to alleviate -- as part of our foreign policy, and lastly, to coordinate foreign assistance so it can help advance the international health cooperation and global health security. if you look at the lesson relaunched global health security strategy the white house just released on page 32 of the document a clearly defined roles and responsibilities of the several agencies. beautiful document, great strategy. in their, our functions of my state department should be doing and global security. it's a very clear that to the collaboration concerning engaging with usaid, cdc, hhs and nih we will be able to leverage more effectively and coordinate our function. >> of course one of the areas that will help his burden sharing to have ou
thank you, senator. i want to assure you that it's very clear once the deal was launched that what our role will be. we will be leaving in three key areas. first of all, is to as a said earlier lead with diplomatic engagement. we are global security issues, related issues. second, to alleviate -- as part of our foreign policy, and lastly, to coordinate foreign assistance so it can help advance the international health cooperation and global health security. if you look at the lesson relaunched...
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also regarding senator -- the senate is in a quorum. mr. cardin: i ask that the quorum call be dismissed. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from maryland. the presiding officer: the question occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cardin. the clerk: mr. carper. mr. casey. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. the clerk: mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. the clerk: mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. the clerk: mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. ma
also regarding senator -- the senate is in a quorum. mr. cardin: i ask that the quorum call be dismissed. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from maryland. the presiding officer: the question occurs on the nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. the clerk: ms. baldwin. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mr. braun. mrs. britt. mr. brown. mr. budd. ms. butler. ms. cantwell. mrs....
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>> senator, one thing. let me state i was honored to work with you and the other senators on the bipartisan legislation that would have been transformative, not only in provision of resources but in the change of authority in which we will be equipped with the most significant change since 1996. long-overdue. we announced with the first distribution last week a competitive process for the second tranche of funds under the shelter and services program. we are going to receive applications for it for existing recipients, as well as those who are first-time applicants and we are very focused on getting the dollars out the door as quickly as possible and as fairly as possible. >> thank you. during the last meeting, we spoke about the margin of error. first of all thank you for following through on that commitment. fema announced a 5% margin of number which is critical for ngos who are providing services. i was also pleased to see that the most recent fiscal year reward offers a cap on hotel booking. in order to
>> senator, one thing. let me state i was honored to work with you and the other senators on the bipartisan legislation that would have been transformative, not only in provision of resources but in the change of authority in which we will be equipped with the most significant change since 1996. long-overdue. we announced with the first distribution last week a competitive process for the second tranche of funds under the shelter and services program. we are going to receive applications...
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if the vice president is a republican, that a 5050 senate is a republican senate. right now, if we just look at the map as it is and move west virginia from the democratic column to the republican column, that is a 5050 senate. trump is up in the polls. if the election were held today, it is pretty clear he would have a very good shot at winning. democrats are really on their heels in the senate. it is going to be very difficult for them to maintain their majority. it is basically going to be impossible for them to maintain a majority if trump wins the presidency this fall. >> inside elections just changed a rating for the arizona senate race. tell us what is going on. >> it is not all bad news for democrats in the senate. i know i sound negative here. it is predominately bad news. there are a few bright spots. one of them is arizona. this was a very complex fluid race when independent senator kirsten cinema was talking about running for reelection as an independent. it is rare we see a three- person senate race in this day and age. when she got out. it became a lo
if the vice president is a republican, that a 5050 senate is a republican senate. right now, if we just look at the map as it is and move west virginia from the democratic column to the republican column, that is a 5050 senate. trump is up in the polls. if the election were held today, it is pretty clear he would have a very good shot at winning. democrats are really on their heels in the senate. it is going to be very difficult for them to maintain their majority. it is basically going to be...
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the pr the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: i regret there is an objection, because fixintion border crisis begins with operation border. this responsibility ultimately falls to the head of the executive the border and immigration laws already on the books. i would ask president biden to his oath where he -- said in upholding the constitution he'd faithfully execute the
the pr the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: i regret there is an objection, because fixintion border crisis begins with operation border. this responsibility ultimately falls to the head of the executive the border and immigration laws already on the books. i would ask president biden to his oath where he -- said in upholding the constitution he'd faithfully execute the